Augustinus, Sigismund III’s Forgotten Musician, Identified Cover Image

Augustinus, zapoznany muzyk Zygmunta III zidentyfikowany
Augustinus, Sigismund III’s Forgotten Musician, Identified

Author(s): Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska
Subject(s): Music, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Augustinus; Agostino Trevisano; Agostino Trivisano; Italian musicians; Sigismund III’s royal court in Warsaw; Padua Cathedral; Rudolf II’s court in Prague; will;

Summary/Abstract: Augustinus was an Italian musician previously known to musicologists only by his first name and from a single source, written in May 1598, when King Sigismund III was setting off for Sweden with selected courtiers. A will kept at the AGAD, Municipal Records of Old Warsaw 11, fols. 145v–146, drawn up on 17 June 1598, includes a distorted version of the musician’s surname. This provided a clue for further research, which led to his identification as a singer who had worked in Padua and Prague before arriving in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

  • Issue Year: 70/2025
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 125-132
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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